Overview
Background
Martin Stuart-Fox is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Queensland. After completing a BSc in evolutionary biology, he worked in PNG, Hong Kong and Laos before joining United Press International as a foreign correspondent covering the Second Indochina War. On returning to Australia he tutored and lectured in Asian history at UQ while undertaking an MA (on the rationale for an evolutionary theory of history) and PhD (developing an evolutionary theory of history). As Head of History at UQ, Professor Stuart-Fox taught courses on History, Time and Meaning, and Theory of History at the Honours level. He is currently pursuing research on evolutionary theory of history.
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Martin Stuart-Fox is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Emeritus Professor Martin Stuart-Fox
Theory and philosophy of history; history of Laos; early Buddhism; history of Ideas
Works
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2009
Book Chapter
Laos, The Asean
Stuart-Fox, Martin (2009). Laos, The Asean. Regional Outlook, Southeast Asia 2009 - 2010. (pp. 27-31) edited by Ian J Storey and Lee Poh Onn. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing.
2009
Book Chapter
LAOS The Chinese Connection
Stuart-Fox, Martin (2009). LAOS The Chinese Connection. Southeast Asian affairs 2009. (pp. 141-169) edited by Singh, Daljit. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
2009
Book Chapter
Communism and the Cold War
Stuart-Fox, Martin (2009). Communism and the Cold War. China and Southeast Asia: The People's Republic of China and Southeast Asia. (pp. 150-192) edited by Geoffrey Wade. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
2009
Book Chapter
Laos
Stuart-Fox, Martin (2009). Laos. Regional Outlook - Southeast Asia 2010 - 2011. (pp. 33-37) edited by Michael J Montesano and Lee Poh Onn. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing.
2008
Journal Article
Book review: The One and the Many: Reading Isaiah Berlin. Edited by George Crawder and Henry Hardy (Amherst, NY: Premetheus Books, 2007)
Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008). Book review: The One and the Many: Reading Isaiah Berlin. Edited by George Crawder and Henry Hardy (Amherst, NY: Premetheus Books, 2007). Australian Journal of Politics and History, 54 (1), 169-170. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2008.00491.x
2008
Book Chapter
Mongol expansionism
Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008). Mongol expansionism. China and Southeast Asia. (pp. 365-378) edited by Geoffrey Wade. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
2008
Book Chapter
Mayoury and Pheuiphanh Ngaosrivathana and the construction of national identity in Laos
Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008). Mayoury and Pheuiphanh Ngaosrivathana and the construction of national identity in Laos. Profiles in courage: Political actors & ideas in contemporary Asia. (pp. 156-168) edited by Gloria Davies, J.V. D'Cruz and Nathan Hollier. Melbourne VIC, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
2008
Book Chapter
Laos
Stuart-Fox, M. (2008). Laos. Countries at the Crossroads 2007: A Survey of Democratic Governance. (pp. 369-392) edited by Sanha Kelly, Christopher Walker and Jake Dizard. Lanham, MD, United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
2008
Book Chapter
The changing world order
Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008). The changing world order. China and Southeast Asia. (pp. 1-15) edited by Geoffrey Wade. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
2008
Journal Article
The Persistence of Political Culture in Laos and Cambodia
Martin Stuart-Fox (2008). The Persistence of Political Culture in Laos and Cambodia. Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 27 (3), 33-57.
2008
Journal Article
Khmer Buddhists respond to the challenges of modernity. Hansen, Anne Ruth. How to Behave: Buddhism and Modernity in Colonial Cambodia 1860-1930
Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008). Khmer Buddhists respond to the challenges of modernity. Hansen, Anne Ruth. How to Behave: Buddhism and Modernity in Colonial Cambodia 1860-1930. IIAS Newsletter, 46, 33-33.
2008
Book
Historical Dictionary of Laos
Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008). Historical Dictionary of Laos. 3rd ed. Lanham, MD, United States: Scarecrow Press.
2007
Journal Article
Two views of the history of historiography and the nature of history
Stuart-Fox, M. (2007). Two views of the history of historiography and the nature of history. History Australia: Journal of the Australian Historical Association, 4 (2), 44.1-44.17. doi: 10.2104/ha070044
2007
Journal Article
Review of: J. W. Moses, Ways of knowing: Competing methodologies in social and political research
Stuart-Fox, M. (2007). Review of: J. W. Moses, Ways of knowing: Competing methodologies in social and political research. Australian Journal of Politics And History, 53 (3), 502-504.
2007
Journal Article
Book review: Ronald Bruce St John, Revolution, Reform and Regionalism in Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. London, Routledge, 2006, pp.xvi + 282
Stuart-Fox, M. (2007). Book review: Ronald Bruce St John, Revolution, Reform and Regionalism in Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. London, Routledge, 2006, pp.xvi + 282. Journal of the Siam Society, 95, 239-241.
2007
Book Chapter
History
Stuart-Fox, Martin (2007). History. Laos. (pp. 27-45) Footscray, VIC, Australia: Lonely Planet.
2007
Book Chapter
Laos
Stuart-Fox, M. (2007). Laos. Regional outlook: Southeast Asia 2007-2008. (pp. 29-33) edited by Asad-ul Iqbal Latif and Lee Poh Onn. Singapore, Republic of Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS).
2007
Journal Article
Book review: Susan Conway, The Shan: Culture, Art and Crafts. Bangkok, River Books, 2006. pp. 212, 300
Stuart-Fox, M. (2007). Book review: Susan Conway, The Shan: Culture, Art and Crafts. Bangkok, River Books, 2006. pp. 212, 300. Journal of the Siam Society, 95, 281-284.
2007
Book Chapter
Laos: Politics in a single-party state
Stuart-Fox, M. (2007). Laos: Politics in a single-party state. Southeast Asian affairs 2007. (pp. 161-180) edited by Daljit Singh and Lorraine Carlos Salazar. Singapore, Republic of Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies: ISEAS.
2007
Journal Article
Review of " The Kingdom of Siam: The Art of Central Thailand, 1350-1800." Forrest McGill, (ed.) San Francisco, Asian Art Museum - Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 2005
Stuart-Fox, M. (2007). Review of " The Kingdom of Siam: The Art of Central Thailand, 1350-1800." Forrest McGill, (ed.) San Francisco, Asian Art Museum - Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 2005. Journal of the Siam Society, 95, 205-208.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Martin Stuart-Fox is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
How the Pathet Lao seized power in Laos in 1975
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Robert Elson
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Women and power in Burmese history
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Robert Elson
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION IN VIETMAN FROM 1975 TO 2000
Principal Advisor
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
POWER, PROGRESS, AND THE COURSE OF EMPIRE: BRITISH RUIN SENTIMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
APSARA, ACCOUTREMENTS, ACTIVISTS: A HISTORY OF WOMEN AND POWER IN CAMBODIA.
Principal Advisor
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Master Philosophy
VIETNAM AND BLUEBELL
Principal Advisor
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Master Philosophy
THE KACHIN INDEPENDENCE ORGANISATION AND THE STATE LAW AND ORDER RESTORATION COUNCIL CEASEFIRE IN 1994
Principal Advisor
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
'KINGDOM-MINDED' PEOPLE: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CHINESE BUSINESS CHRISTIANS TOWARD THE TRANSFORMATION IN SOCIETY
Associate Advisor
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2005
Master Philosophy
PATTERNS OF DIVERGENCE: THE EVOLUTION OF THE QIPAO AND CHEONGSAM IN MODERN CHINESE SOCIETY
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER AND THE IRANIAN HOSTAGES CRISIS
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
JAPAN'S KOREAN COMMUNITIES IN THE POST-1945 PERIOD
Associate Advisor
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- Cambodia
- Evolutionary theory of history
- History and theory
- Indochina
- Laos
- Theory of history
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